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It needs to be hooked up to the DAC with music playing.
If the DAC is standalone (not integrated into an amp) and not tube-based, please turn on the DAC as well but leave the amp turned off. If you use USB audio output, the USB DAC has to be...

Yes, Leedh Processing Volume also works on U1 (MINI). In fact it works across the whole Lumin product line of network players / transports. For digital output, the music data is altered by the Leedh algorithm to reduce the loudness. For analog...

Ned, are you located in Canada?
Do you want your digital to include the transport/streaming part or a straight DAC in your budget range and then you’ll add a digital transport (not CD transport, but the part that feeds the DAC with the digital...

Peter, would there be any way to use a Bluetooth Remote to control the volume on the Lumin’s? The one thing I didn’t care for when I paired the X1 and amp was having to use the volume control in the app. I have to grab the iPad, unlock it, click...

Earlier I tested volume controlled USB output to be working in my test setup, and another user also confirmed it to be working for him. So that's very odd.
Which firmware of UDP-205 USB DAC are you running? In UDP-205: Setup Menu and then...

Previous discussion of fiber isolation:
https://www.audioshark.org/lumin-169/a1-t1-ethernet-fibre-optic-conversion-17108.html#post282653
Recently another user also have positive reports of using this FMC (SFP modules required) with LPS:
Mini...

In the Lumin app About function of U1 MINI, you can tap and hold the Factory Reset. Please try it. On boot up, enable volume control again, and check the volume function.
Are you using the USB Output of U1 MINI, without any other output...

X1 will remain to be our flagship for a long time. I guess it would be like this for a longer time than the period when S1 was our flagship.
We may already have the best ES9038PRO design in the market, since there are X1 customers who also have...

You’re very welcome. But I do take trades of most products. We have seven storage units full of crap, errr...I mean stuff. Some stuff I swear will never move. A four channel Ayre amp from the 90’s is one! We use it now as a stepping stool to...

If you would like to try Scenario 2, enable the Lumin Volume Control and Leedh Processing Volume, decrease the Lumin app volume first. Then on the Music First Audio Baby Reference V2, increase the volume to 0dB.
Most of the volume range in Lumin...

Please use the latest Lumin app to disable Volume Control, then enable it again. Make sure Custom Re-sampling is turned off.
When playing music from the Lumin app playlist, reduce volume should cause the U1 MINI USB output volume to be reduced....

Digital audio path optimization does not translate well into descriptive words for SQ. Let me know what you hear. (Originally I was going to report what some beta testers told me, but on second thought that would create expectation bias.)

RE: Testing Everest Combinations
My advice is to remove all power devices and test the Everest by itself, first. Give it a good week to settle (burn-in). Use it with the Omega XC so they can both settle together. They are new and will change...

Please clarify what do you mean by the volume not working - after you've decreased the volume, it still has the same loudness? Or after you've adjusted the volume, there is no sound?
If you experience difficulty with the app not allowing to...

Dealers need to have ample demo inventory for in store and loan. What’s difficult for a dealer is that some manufacturers want you to have everything they sell and frankly, some items won’t sell and will just collect dust. We are spending our...

Trying equipment or getting a demo is not a theory, it is a decision to exercise before buying something. I do understand that getting a demo or evaluation of exotic equipment is not always easy or practical. But when possible it is very important....